A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 98 km S of Acari, Peru (61 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 01/04/17 / 2017-04-01 12:56:59 / April 1, 2017 @ 12:56 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:56:59 / 7:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 40.17 km, -74.475° West, -16.3147° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008dt4. Id of event: us10008dt4. The epicenter was at a depth of 40.17 km (25 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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